The St̓át̓imcets language (Ucwalmícwts) is spoken in the Interior of British Columbia, just north-east of Vancouver along the Frazer River. Please contact me if there are any mistakes or omissions on these pages. There are two practical writing systems presented below. The first is that used by the Mount Currie School and the Lillooet Council, the second is a modification of that which was developed by Bouchard, and resembles his scripts for other B.C. languages. Both tables are derived from van Eijk, which give a different list of phonemes (sounds) than the Handbook; I will follow van Eijk’s analysis here. Each orthography may be official in different communities. Note: There are several Roman Orthography conventions on this site that may require further explanation. On the charts below, there is lots of phonetic terminology that may not be familiar to everyone. |
The Canadian Census in 2016 counts 790 St̓át̓imcets speakers. According to Howe and Cook, there are 200 speakers.
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bilabial | alveolar | alveolar affricate | retracted alveolar affricate | lateral | retracted lateral | palatal | velar | rounded velar | uvular | rounded uvular | glottal | |
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voiceless stop | p |
t |
c |
c̣ |
k |
kʷ |
q |
qʷ |
ʔ |
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ejective stop | p’ |
c’ |
ƛ’ |
k’ |
k’ʷ |
q’ |
q’ʷ |
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voiceless fricative | s |
ṣ |
ɬ |
x |
xʷ |
x̌ |
x̌ʷ |
h |
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nasal / resonant | m |
n |
z |
l |
ḷ |
y |
ɣ |
w |
ʕ |
ʕʷ |
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glottalised n / r | m’ |
n’ |
z’ |
l’ |
ḷ’ |
y’ |
ɣ’ |
w’ |
ʕ’ |
ʕ’ʷ |
front | front retracted |
central | central retracted |
back | back retracted |
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high | i |
ị |
u |
ụ |
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mid | ǝ |
ǝ̣ |
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low | a |
ạ |
Stress is marked by an acute accent, á ạ́ ǝ́ ǝ̣́ í ị́ ú ụ́
The glottal stop ‹ʔ› is written at the beginning of words.
bilabial | alveolar | alveolar affricate | retracted alveolar affricate | lateral | retracted lateral | palatal | velar | rounded velar | uvular | rounded uvular | glottal | |
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voiceless stop | p |
t |
ts |
ṯs̱ |
k |
kw |
q |
qw |
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ejective stop | p̓ |
ts̓ |
t̓ |
k̓ |
k̓w |
q̓ |
q̓w |
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voiceless fricative | s |
s̱ |
lh |
c |
cw |
x |
xw |
h |
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nasal / resonant | m |
n |
z |
l |
ḻ |
y |
r |
w |
g |
gw |
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glottalised n / r | m̓ |
n̓ |
z̓ |
l̓ |
ḻ̓ |
y̓ |
r̓ |
w̓ |
g̓ |
g̓w |
front | front retracted |
central | central retracted |
back | back retracted |
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high | i |
ii |
u |
o |
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mid | e |
v |
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low | a |
ao |
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Last Update: December 6, 2018 |